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''V. darrowii'' has been found in pond margins, prairies, pine woods, evergreen shrub bogs, titi swamps, cabbage palm hammocks, wiregrass sand ridges, and pine flatwoods.<ref name="FSU"> Florida State University Herbarium Database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2021. Collectors: G. R. Cooley, Robert K. Godfrey, Robert Kral, Sidney McDaniel, Joseph Monachino, and George M. Riegler. States and counties: Florida: Franklin, Hernando, Jackson, Lafayette, Pasco, Sarasota, and Wakulla.</ref> Associated species: ''Gaulussaces, Vaccinium, Myrica'', and ''Lyonia lucida''.<ref name="FSU"/>
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''V. darrowii'' has been found in pond margins, prairies, pine woods, evergreen shrub bogs, titi swamps, cabbage palm hammocks, wiregrass sand ridges, scrub oak sand ridges, turkey oak-persimmon scrub, and pine flatwoods.<ref name="FSU"> Florida State University Herbarium Database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2021. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, G. R. Cooley, Robert K. Godfrey, Robert Kral, Sidney McDaniel, Joseph Monachino, J D Ray, and George M. Riegler. States and counties: Florida: Franklin, Gadsden, Hernando, Jackson, Lafayette, Pasco, Sarasota, Seminole, Wakulla, and Walton.</ref> It is also found in disturbed areas like the edges of disturbed pine flatwoods.<ref name="FSU"/> Associated species: ''Gaulussaces, Vaccinium, Myrica, V. stamineum, Serenoa repens'', and ''Lyonia lucida''.<ref name="FSU"/>
  
 
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Revision as of 07:34, 14 June 2021

Vaccinium darrowii
Vaccinium darowii PH 2015-10.JPG
Photo by Kevin Robertson
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Vaccinium
Species: V. darrowii
Binomial name
Vaccinium darrowii
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Vacc darr dist.jpg
Natural range of Vaccinium darrowii from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: Darrow's blueberry

Taxonomic notes

Synonym: V. darrowi.[1]

Varieties: Cyanococcus myrsinites (Lamarck) Small var. glaucum A. Gray.[2]

Description

A description of Vaccinium darrowii is provided in The Flora of North America.

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

V. darrowii has been found in pond margins, prairies, pine woods, evergreen shrub bogs, titi swamps, cabbage palm hammocks, wiregrass sand ridges, scrub oak sand ridges, turkey oak-persimmon scrub, and pine flatwoods.[3] It is also found in disturbed areas like the edges of disturbed pine flatwoods.[3] Associated species: Gaulussaces, Vaccinium, Myrica, V. stamineum, Serenoa repens, and Lyonia lucida.[3]

Phenology

V. darrowii has been observed flowering from February to April and in December.[4]

Seed dispersal

This species is thought to be dispersed by consumption by vertebrates.[5]

Pollination

The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Vaccinium darrowii at Archbold Biological Station:[6]

Apidae: Apis mellifera, Epeolus erigeronis, Habropoda laboriosa

Halictidae: Agapostemon splendens, Augochlora pura, Augochlorella aurata, A. gratiosa, Augochloropsis anonyma

Megachilidae: Megachile brevis pseudobrevis

Vespidae: Eumenes smithii


Conservation, cultivation, and restoration

Cultural use

Vaccinium darrowii produces a berry that can be eaten raw or cooked into goods such as jellies or pies.[7]

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draf of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
  2. Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draf of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Florida State University Herbarium Database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2021. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, G. R. Cooley, Robert K. Godfrey, Robert Kral, Sidney McDaniel, Joseph Monachino, J D Ray, and George M. Riegler. States and counties: Florida: Franklin, Gadsden, Hernando, Jackson, Lafayette, Pasco, Sarasota, Seminole, Wakulla, and Walton.
  4. Nelson, G. PanFlora: Plant data for the eastern United States with emphasis on the Southeastern Coastal Plains, Florida, and the Florida Panhandle. www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ Accessed: 14 DEC 2016
  5. Kirkman, L. Katherine. Unpublished database of seed dispersal mode of plants found in Coastal Plain longleaf pine-grasslands of the Jones Ecological Research Center, Georgia.
  6. Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.
  7. Hardin, J.W., Arena, J.M. 1969. Human Poisoning from Native and Cultivated Plants. Duke University Press, Durham, North Carolina.